Aerodynamic noise reduction member, railroad vehicle brake disk unit, railroad vehicle disk brake, railroad vehicle wheel, and railroad vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11480223-B2
Application number	US-201917044594-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2019
Priority date	Apr 3, 2018
Publication date	Oct 25, 2022
Grant date	Oct 25, 2022

Abstract

An aerodynamic noise reduction member 30 includes: a plate-like support portion 32 sandwiched between a plurality of fins 24 and 26 of a brake disk 20 and a rotating member 102 of a railroad vehicle; and a plurality of protruding portions 34 protruding from the support portion 32. Each of the plurality of protruding portions 34 is provided in such a manner that, in a state in which the support portion 32 is sandwiched between the plurality of fins 24 and 26 and the rotating member 102, each of the protruding portions 34 partially occludes between the fastening fin 24 and the anchoring fin 26 adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the brake disk 20.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An aerodynamic noise reduction member to be provided between a railroad vehicle brake disk and a disk-shaped rotating member rotated integrally with an axle of a railroad vehicle, the railroad vehicle brake disk including: an annular plate-like portion that has a sliding surface on a first side in a thickness direction; and a plurality of fins protruding from the plate-like portion toward a second side in the thickness direction, the plurality of fins being provided in a spaced apart manner in a circumferential direction of the plate-like portion, the aerodynamic noise reduction member comprising:
a plate-like support portion to be sandwiched between the plurality of fins and the rotating member; and
a plurality of protruding portions protruding from the support portion in a thickness direction of the support portion,
wherein in a state in which the support portion is sandwiched between the plurality of fins and the rotating member, each of the plurality of protruding portions partially occludes between adjacent ones of the fins in the circumferential direction.

2. A railroad vehicle brake disk unit comprising:
a railroad vehicle brake disk including an annular plate-like portion that has a sliding surface on a first side in a thickness direction, and a plurality of fins protruding from the plate-like portion toward a second side in the thickness direction, the plurality of fins being provided in a mutually spaced apart manner in a circumferential direction of the plate-like portion; and
the aerodynamic noise reduction member according to claim 1 .

3. A railroad vehicle disk brake comprising the railroad vehicle brake disk unit according to claim 2 .

4. A railroad vehicle comprising the railroad vehicle disk brake according to claim 3 .

5. A railroad vehicle wheel comprising the railroad vehicle brake disk unit according to claim 2 .

6. The aerodynamic noise reduction member according to claim 1 , wherein
in a state in which the support portion is sandwiched between the plurality of fins and the rotating member, each of the plurality of protruding portions protrudes from the support portion to a side of the plate-like portion in such a manner that a gap is formed between the protruding portions and the plate-like portion.

7. The aerodynamic noise reduction member according to claim 6 , wherein
in a section orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the plate-like portion, a leading end portion of each of the protruding portions is curved or inclined outward with respect to an axial direction of the rotating member in a radial direction of the plate-like portion.

8. The aerodynamic noise reduction member according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of fins include a fastening fin that has a first through hole into which a fastening member is to be inserted, and
the support portion has a second through hole that faces the first through hole in a state in which the support portion is sandwiched between the plurality of fins and the rotating member.

9. The aerodynamic noise reduction member according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of fins include an anchoring fin that has a key way recessed from an end portion on the second side in the thickness direction of the plate-like portion toward the first side, and
the support portion has a third through hole that faces the key way in a state in which the support portion is sandwiched between the plurality of fins and the rotating member.

10. The aerodynamic noise reduction member according claim 1 , wherein
in a radial direction of the plate-like portion, a length of each of the plurality of protruding portions is shorter than a length of each of the plurality of fins.

11. The aerodynamic noise reduction member according to claim 1 , wherein
the support portion has a ring shape, and a number of the plurality of protruding portions is equal to that of the plurality of fins.

Assignees

• Nippon Steel Corp

Inventors

• Kondo Osamu
• Fujimoto Takahiro
• Kato Takanori
• Sakaguchi Atsushi
• Ichikawa Yuki

Classifications

• B60B27/0052

  the element being a brake disc · CPC title

• F16D65/123

  comprising an annular disc secured to a hub member; Discs characterised by means for mounting · CPC title

• F16D65/128 Primary

  characterised by means for cooling · CPC title

• B61H5/00

  Applications or arrangements of brakes with substantially radial braking surfaces pressed together in axial direction, e.g. disc brakes · CPC title

• F16D65/0006 Primary

  Noise or vibration control · CPC title